Prediction for France U-17 vs Iceland U-17

16:32 29.03.16

The first round of European Championship for Under-17 teams features France and Iceland national teams. The match will be played on Thursday, April 31st.

France national team had no trouble winning the first round group with Israel, Northern Ireland and Norway as their opponents. France avoid losing points in matches with these teams and took maximum of 9 points after 3 matches with 5-0 overall goal difference. France, as one of the strongest teams of the continents, took part in U-17 World Cup last year and had no troubles winning their group there with 3 wins and 9 points from 9 possible and 14-4 goal difference. However, they unexpectedly lost to Costa Rica in the round of 16 on penalties. France haven’t lost a single match after full time out of 16 they played last year.

Iceland Under-17 team had troubles to advancing for this stage, finishing 3rd with 4 points in the group with Denmark, Greece and Kazakhstan. The team played only 6 matches in 2015, winning once, recording 1 draw and 4 defeats with 7-8 aggregate goal difference.

France are favorites of the qualifiers while Iceland are obvious underdogs of the group stage. France U-17 national team shouldn’t have any difficulties with winning the match.